Far infrared heater

ABSTRACT

A far infrared heater having a housing provided on its top with an opening, a far infrared heating member is provided beneath the opening; the far infrared heating member is provided beneath it with a supporting structure to support the far infrared heating member able to emit far infrared rays to all sides. The far infrared heating member is electrically connected with a control device that includes a touch control plate provided on the housing for direct pressing by a user. Hence the far infrared heating member can emit far infrared rays to radiate out from of the opening of the housing when it is turned on.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a far infrared heater, and moreparticularly to a far infrared heater having a far infrared heatingmember supported by a supporting structure able to emit far infraredrays to all sides, the far infrared rays can be radiated out from anopening of a housing of the heater; the heater can be used at a foot, ashoulder or some other areas of the body.

2. Description of the Prior Art

In the busy as well as tensed up industrial and commercial society, somepeople who work and seat in offices for long periods are subjected tohaving bad blood circulation that makes abnormal body functions; whilesome other people having inferior body constitutions are subjected tohaving phenomenon of cool hands and feet, this phenomenon is moreserious in winters.

Sports are undoubtedly the best ways to solve the above problems.However, in fact, not all people have time and constancy for sporting.Hence many people having bad blood circulation are using variouscommercially available heating devices (such as heating pads or footsteepers) to help keep bodies warm.

However, a conventional heating pad mainly has therein separated heatingwires extending to and fro, it is unable to give the heating pad anuniform temperature when being heated; and the heating pad mainly isused to cover an area of a body, if it is used as a foot pad, it notonly is subjected to getting dirty, but also looks complicated byproviding with a manual switch. A conventional foot steeper can only getan effect of heating for a user after adding water and having the waterheated, this not only renders large volume of the entire foot steeper,but also is more cumbersome for use.

Moreover, none of the two above stated heating devices uses far infraredray for heating, they only take advantage of heat transmission, theireffect of improving blood circulation of bodies are not good.

In view of the above stated and to get rid of the stated defects, theinventor provides the present invention based on his professionalexperience of years in studying and nonstop improvement for rendering afar infrared heater convenient for a user to use on any area of hisbody, thereby to activate cells of his body and to get healthy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a farinfrared heater that is a heating structure able to emit far infraredrays to all sides, so that an effect that a user fast warms up can beachieved.

The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a farinfrared heater, by combination of an arched housing and a supportingstructure, a far infrared heating member can be supported to be used ata foot, a shoulder or some other areas of the body of the user.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a far infraredheater with a touch control plate structure provided on its housing, theuser can directly press to control the far infrared heating member forturning on/off.

To achieve the above stated objectives, the far infrared heater providedin the present invention comprises a housing, a supporting structure, afar infrared heating member and a control device; the housing isprovided on its top with an opening, the supporting structure isprovided beneath the opening; the far infrared heating member is placedon the supporting structure; the control device is electricallyconnected with the far infrared heating member to generate far infraredrays to radiate out from of the opening of the housing.

The far infrared heating member includes an insulating plate, a piece ofcarbon fiber clamped in the insulating plate and arrayed in the form ofa plain surface, and an electrode connecting with the piece of carbonfiber; the electrode is electrically connected with the control device.

The control device includes a display screen, a control circuit board,at least a touch switch, a detector and at least a touch control plate.The display screen, the control circuit board, the touch switch and thedetector are all electrically connected; the touch control plate isprovided on the housing and connected with the touch switch to controlturning on/off of the far infrared heating member.

The present invention will be apparent after reading the detaileddescription of the preferred embodiments thereof in reference to theaccompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;and

FIG. 2 is an anatomic perspective view showing the elements of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 which depict a preferred embodiment of a farinfrared heater 1 of the present invention, the far infrared heater 1comprises a housing 2, a panel 3, a far infrared heating member 4, asupporting structure 5 and a control device 6.

The housing 2 is an upwardly arched rectangular member, it includes anupper lid 21 and a lower base 22 connected with each other. The upperlid 21 is provided centrally on its top with an opening 211 which isgenerally rectangular and renders communicating of its upper area withits lower area; the upper lid 21 is provided centrally on its top with adisplay screen 212, and its four corners each has a dent 213 to leave anotch 214. The base 22 is generally rectangular, and is providedcentrally on its top with a recess 221, the recess 221 has at each ofits four corners a positioning member 222. The base 22 has on its bottomsurface a plurality of supporting blocks 223 to support the base 22 andthe upper lid 21.

The panel 3 is made of transparent or half transparent fiber glass orsome other material that can bear the weight of a man without breaking;it is laid flat beneath the opening 211 of the upper lid 21 tocompletely cover the opening 211; the peripheries of the opening 211 ofthe upper lid 21 and the panel 3 clamp therebetween a waterproof washer31 in the shape of a frame.

The far infrared heating member 4 is a rectangular thin plate, and isprovided beneath the panel 3; and the far infrared heating member 4includes an insulating plate 41, a piece of carbon fiber 42 clamped inthe insulating plate 41 and arrayed in the form of a plain surface, andan electrode 43 connecting with the piece of carbon fiber 42.

The supporting structure 5 is rectangular and is composed of a pluralityof mutually crossing reinforced ribs 51, the shapes formed by suchcrossing can be a plurality of crosses, rhomboids, a honeycomb or othershapes; the supporting structure 5 is provided beneath the far infraredheating member 4, the four corners of the supporting structure 5 arerespectively restrained by the four positioning members 222 of the base22 and are engaged in the four recesses 221 of the base 22 to supportthe far infrared heating member 4 and the panel 3 above them.

The control device 6 includes a control circuit board 61, two touchswitches 62, a detector (not shown) and two touch control plates 63. Thecontrol circuit board 61, the touch switches 62 and the detector and theelectrode 43 of the far infrared heating member 4 are all electricallyconnected. The control circuit board 61 is provided thereon with aplurality of LEDs 611, the LEDs 611 can display indicating light signalson the display screen 212 of the upper lid 21; the two touch switches 62are respectively fixed at the two ends of the base 22. The detector candetect changing of temperature; it is allocated between the far infraredheating member 4 and the supporting structure 5. The two touch controlplates 63 are provided each with a protruding portion 631 and are placedrespectively in two of the dents 213 of the upper lid 21; the twoprotruding portions 631 can be inserted in two corresponding notches 214of the upper lid 21, thereby the two touch control plates 63 arecontacted with the two touch switches 62 respectively to control turningon/off of the far infrared heating member.

After sequentially assembling downwards from above the upper lid 21, thewaterproof washer 31, the panel 3, the far infrared heating member 4,the supporting structure 5 and the base 22, an upwardly archedrectangular member is obtained. By pressing the two touch control plates63 to move the two touch switches 62, heating time and temperature ofthe far infrared heating member 4 can be controlled, and they can bedisplayed on the display screen 212 of the upper lid 21.

When a user proceeds to heating a foot area or a shoulder area, by theabove arched design, the panel 3 can be totally clung to the body of theuser. And by virtue that the far infrared heating member 4 can emit farinfrared rays to all sides, the effect of heating can be fast obtained;and the touch control plates 63 are directly provided on two ends of theupper lid 21, they are quite convenient for operation.

The present invention thus has the following advantages:

-   1. The present invention can render a user to obtain the effect of    fast heating by having the far infrared heating member structure    that can emit far infrared rays to all sides.-   2. The present invention can render the far infrared heating member    to be supported by combination of the housing and the supporting    structure; thereby it can be used at a foot, a shoulder or some    other areas of the body.-   3. The present invention can render the panel totally clung to the    body of the user by an arched design; hence it more meets human    engineering in using, and have great efficiency.-   4. The present invention is more convenient in use by allowing the    user to put a hand or a foot directly on the touch control plates to    control turning on/off of the far infrared heating member.

In conclusion, according to the description disclosed above and thedrawings, the present invention surely can achieve the expectedobjectives thereof to provide a far infrared heater that is convenientfor operation, applicable to any areas of the user's body, and canactivate cells of the user's body to get healthy by the effect ofheating by the far infrared rays. The present invention has its verylarge value of industrial utility. Having now particularly described andascertained the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is tobe performed, what we claim will be declared in the claims followed.

1. A far infrared heater comprising: a housing being provided on its topwith an opening; a supporting structure provided beneath said opening; afar infrared heating member placed on said supporting structure; and acontrol device being electrically connected with said far infraredheating member to generate far infrared rays to radiate out from of saidopening of said housing.
 2. The far infrared heater as in claim 1,wherein, said far infrared heat further comprises a panel; said panel isprovided on said far infrared heating member.
 3. The far infrared heateras in claim 2, wherein, said far infrared heat further comprises awaterproof washer; said waterproof washer is sealed between said openingof said housing and said panel.
 4. The far infrared heater as in claim1, wherein, said housing includes a base and an upper lid.
 5. The farinfrared heater as in claim 1, wherein, said housing is in an archedshape.
 6. The far infrared heater as in claim 1, wherein, saidsupporting structure is composed of a plurality of mutually crossingreinforced ribs.
 7. The far infrared heater as in claim 1, wherein, saidfar infrared heating member includes an insulating plate, a piece ofcarbon fiber clamped in said insulating plate and an electrodeconnecting with said piece of carbon fiber; said electrode iselectrically connected with said control device.
 8. The far infraredheater as in claim 7, wherein, said piece of carbon fiber is arrayed insaid insulating plate in the form of a plain surface.
 9. The farinfrared heater as in claim 1, wherein, said control device includes adisplay screen, a control circuit board, at least a touch switch, adetector and at least a touch control plate, said display screen, saidcontrol circuit board, said touch switch and said detector are allelectrically connected; said touch control plate is provided on saidhousing and connected with said touch switch to control turning on/offof said far infrared heating member.